Title :
Analysis of tracker performance models for centralized and distributed tracking
Author :
Coraluppi, Stefano
Author_Institution :
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, & Networks Dept., NATO Undersea Res. Centre, La Spezia, Italy
Abstract :
This paper develops a distributed multi-sensor tracker performance model that accounts for the target fading effect that we observe in sea trial data. We study model-based performance as a function of key tracker parameters, the choice of tracker architecture, and the number of distributed sensors. We validate the fidelity of the model by comparing model-based performance with actual tracker performance based on simulated data.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; sensor fusion; sonar tracking; target tracking; centralized tracking; distributed tracking; multisensor tracker performance; mutistatic sonar; sea trial data; target fading effect; tracker performance model; Fading; Performance analysis; Position measurement; Predictive models; Reconnaissance; Sea measurements; Sensor fusion; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sonar detection; Target tracking; Distributed Tracking; Multistatic Sonar; Sensor Fusion; Tracker Performance Models;
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion, 2005 8th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9286-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIF.2005.1592020
